The making of new continental crust is linked to times of major orogeny or mountain building.

At ridges in the middle of oceans, new oceanic crust is created.

The new crust then slowly moves away from the ridge.

As the magma flows out, it cools, hardening to form new crust.

Better to say that words have been dipped in music and gotten a new glowing crust of meaning.

She pencilled on a new crust of eyeshadow and lipstick.

The constant push of new crust, they discovered, produces the forces that drive the plates.

So, still the question remained: how can new crust be continuously added along the oceanic ridges without increasing the size of the Earth?

An hour after, a new crust of ice had formed, and not even a trace of the opening made by Ivan remained.

The production of new crust at places such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.